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Zakirova, Venera G.; Nikitina, Ekaterina L. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The urgency of the research is due to the current requirements to develop the pedagogical culture of parents, which can help them to be successful parents, to effectively interact with their children avoiding family upbringing mistakes. In this respect, the article aims to identify the conditions for development of the pedagogical culture of…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Parent School Relationship, Parent Education, Family Programs
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Smedler, Ann-Charlotte; Hjern, Anders; Wiklund, Stefan; Anttila, Sten; Pettersson, Agneta – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Preventing externalizing problems in children is a major societal concern, and a great number of intervention programs have been developed to this aim. To evaluate their preventive effects, well-controlled trials including follow-up assessments are necessary. Methods: This is a systematic review of the effect of prevention programs…
Descriptors: Prevention, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Literature Reviews
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Jones Harden, Brenda; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Raikes, Helen; Vogel, Cheri – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Home visitation has emerged as a key strategy for promoting child and family well-being in the current policy context. This article examines the effectiveness of the Early Head Start (EHS) home-based program for children and families at the end of the program and 2 years later, with a particular focus on the role of program implementation in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Home Visits, Family Programs
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Hughes, Karen; Packer, Jan; Ballantyne, Roy – Environmental Education Research, 2011
Wildlife tourism experiences are often promoted for their ability to enhance visitors' conservation knowledge, attitudes and behaviour; yet, studies exploring the long-term influence of such experiences are rare. This research explores the impact of a wildlife tourism experience and post-visit support on families' adoption of conservation…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Tourism, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries
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Kratochwill, Thomas R.; McDonald, Lynn; Levin, Joel R.; Scalia, Phyllis A.; Coover, Gail – Journal of School Psychology, 2009
We evaluated a multi-family support group intervention program in elementary schools. Kindergarten through third-grade children at eight urban schools in a Midwestern university community were universally invited to participate in the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program, and made up half of the study participants; the other half were K-3…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Urban Schools, Social Support Groups, Prevention
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St. Pierre, Robert G.; Ricciuti, Anne E.; Rimdzius, Tracy A. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
A randomized experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of Even Start, a federally supported family literacy program providing early childhood education, adult education, parenting education, and joint parent-child literacy activities to children and parents from low-literate families. The evaluation of 18 Even Start projects followed 463…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness